Pocket atomizer



Dec. 1, 1936. J, HOLTZMAN 2,062,311

POCKET ATOMIZER Filed March 7, 1951 ffy 2 f4- O )gj Egt! /56 /5 l Us /52/53 Y INVENToR menud- Det. 1, 193e UNITED STATES PATENT "oFFICE POCKETATOMIZER John Holtzmau, New York, N. Y.

Application4 March 7, 1931, Serial No. 520,988

This invention relates to atomizers adapted to be carried about theperson of the user.

Fig. 1 is a vertical section of my improved atomizer, taken on the lineof Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same, taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, the means for locking theplunger of the atomizer may'also be used to rotate the atomizer cover|62 and pipe sealing means 28 carried by the cover, out of the way sothat the atomizing operation may be performed. Toward this end, theplunger |50 is preferably made of non-circular cross-section and isprovided with a recess as |5| for the reception of the locking edge |52.Said locking edge forms one wall of an aperture as |53 in a suitableslide as |54 mounted on the top |55 of the casing l0. The slide |54terminates in a suitable enlarged finger piece |56 which passes througha suitable aperture in the casing wall and projects sufficiently formanual operation thereof by the finger of the user. The slide |54 isnormally pressed outwardly by means of the leaf spring |51 which issecured at one end to said slide as at |58, the other end |59 thereofbeing free and engaging the shaft |60. Said shaft is pivoted in theupstanding walls |6| of the casing I0 and pivotally supports one end ofthe cover 62. At its other end, the cover is provided with a dependingwall |63 adapted to close the aperture |64 in the casing wall. The bentlocking spring |65 secured tothe cover is adapted to enter said aperture|64 for retaining the cover removably in its normal position. The meansfor atomizing the perfume in the casing I0 is well known and hence neednot be described at great length. Suill'ce it to say that a suitablecylindrical pump compartment or cylinder as 39 is provided in the casingI0, which compartment is closed at its lower end by a suitable screwplug threaded to the lower end of the cylinder. usual piston with itsair valves is provided on the plunger |50 and snugly ts inside the wallof the cylinder 39. The upper end of the cylinder 39 is closed by asuitable removable screw plug which also serves as a guide for theplunger. From the lower end of the cylinder, the pipe 43 leads towardthe upper end of the liquid pipe 2l, the latter pipe being open at itslower end and constricted at its upper end.

It will be seen that as the slide |54 is pressed inwardly against theaction of the spring |51, the end |66 of said slide engages the inclinededge |61 of the cover and rotates said cover about its The 3 Claims.(Cl. 299-88) pivot |60, thereby removing the spring |65 from theaperture |64 and removing the closure screw 26 from the pipe 21. At thesame time, the edge |52 is withdrawn from the recess |5| whereby theplunger |50 is released and is moved upwardly 5 by the spring 35.

It will be understood that the cover |62 is frictionally retained in itsopen position when moved into' said position by the slide, and thatmovement of the cover out of its sealing position 10 is also resisted bythe spring |51 which is secured to and is virtually an extension of theslide.y This is` done by securing said cover to the shaft and dependingon the friction of said shaft against the spring |57 to retain the shaftin the l5 position into which it is rotated. After the plunger has beenraised under the inuence of the spring 35, said plunger may bereciprocated to perform the `atomizing operation as by means of thefinger piece |66 secured thereto. It may 20 then readily be locked bymoving it into its lowermost position whereupon the slide will snap intothe recess |5| and lock the plunger. The cover |62 may then be rotatedmanually into its closed position wherein the spring snaps 25 againstthe edge of the aperture |64 and retains the cover in place until againreleased by the manual operation of the slide |54, the spring |51 aidingto resist movement of the cover.

While I have shown and described certain 30 specific embodiments of myinvention, it will be understood that I do not intend to linut myselfthereto but intend to claim my invention as broadly as may be permittedby the state of the prior art and the -scope of the appended claims.

I claim: y

1. In an article of the character described, a casing, atomizing meanswithin the casing including an outwardly spring-pressed reciprocatorymember operable from the exterior of the 40 casing and havingatransverse groove therein, a sealing cover arranged to seal saidatomizing means and having a pivot connecting the cover to the casing,said cover having a beveled end edge in spaced relation to the pivot, alocking 45 slide in the casing having an end portion projectingtherefrom outside of the casing, part of said slide entering said groovefor normally locking the reciprocatory member, saidslide engaging apoint of the beveled end edge of the seal- 50 ing cover in spacedrelation to the pivot when said slide part is moved out of said grooveto rotate the cover about said pivot into position to unseal said meansand simultaneously to release the reciprocatory member.

2. In an atomizer, a casing, atomizing means within the casing includinga reciprocatory pump plunger having a part thereof accessible fromoutside the casing and having a transverse locking groove therein, aspring urging said plunger outwardly of the casing, and a discharge pipefor atomized iiuid,l a cover pivoted to the casing and having an endthereon, a plug carried by the cover in position to seal said pipe, a.spring latch carried by the cover and normally engaging the casing, aplunger-locking and coveropening slide carried by and accessible fromoutside the casing and having an end thereon, said end engaging the endof the cover when the slide is moved to swing said cover about itspivot, and a spring normally urging the slide into the groove of saidplunger to lock the plunger, said plunger being unlocked on thecover-opening movement of the slide.

3. In an atomizer, a casing, means for atomi'zing fluid within thecasing, said atomizing means including a reciprocatory air-pumppiston-plunger, said plunger having a transverse -groove therein, aspring urging said plunger in one direction and out of the casing, saidplunger being manually operable in the other direction against theaction of the spring to produce a stream of fluid-atomizing air, and a.discharge pipe, a cover having a pivot hinging the cover to the casingand having means thereon for sealing said discharge pipe, said coverhaving an inner end within the casing, spring means on said coverarranged to frictionally engage the casing to maintain said covernormally in pipe sealing position, said spring means, on disengagementfrom the'casing. releasing said cover for swinging movement about itspivot, a manually' operable spring-pressed plunger-locking andcover-opening slide mounted for manual reciprocatory movementtransversely of the casing and arranged with the larger part thereofinside of the casing, said slide having an opening therein through whichthe plunger is slidably passed, the wall of the slide adjacent saidopening entering the groove of the plunger when said slide is moved inone direction, the inner end of the slide being arranged adjacent theinner end of the cover and below the pivot o! the cover, said inner endof the slide engaging said inner end of the cover on movement of theslide in the other direction and on said movement swinging the coverabout its pivot and first releasing the spring means from the casing andthen opening the cover while simultaneously withdrawing the slide fromthe groove o1' the plunger and freeing the plunger for movement out o!the casing by said first-mentioned spring.

' JOHN HOLTZMAN.

